A case of sarcoidosis with multiple endobronchial mass lesions that disappeared with antibiotics

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-79

  Baba, Kenji ^a   Yamaguchi, Etsuro ^a   Matsui, Seiko ^a   Niwa, Sayaka ^a   Onoe, Kazuyuki ^a   Yagi, Takeo ^a   Hattori, Tsutomu ^a   Ozawa, Hiroaki ^b   Hara, Kazuo ^b  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscope; Clarithromycin; Endobronchial lesion; Minocycline; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; MINOCYCLINE;

ADULT; BIOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SKIN DEFECT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLARITHROMYCIN; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINOCYCLINE; SARCOIDOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33747480245     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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